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Festival Starts in 9 Days!
Food workshops and tasting events, historical and cross-cultural explorations, fitness fairs and health workshops, programs on dance and disability, original plays and poetry readings ... so many ideas and experiences to take in during the 2011 festival. Check out these topics:
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Being Fit in Body, Mind and Spirit |
Find more topics here and plot your festival plan.
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Idea-Makers in Indy
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Experts and entertainers from near and far will be in Indy to explore The Body during the Spirit & Place Festival. See the Blue Monkey Side Show, Butler University Chamber Dance Ensemble, Virginia Caine, Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble, Dr. Richard Gunderman, Lou Harry, Meta Chaya Hirschl, Dennis Sasso, Michael Saahir, Sara Snow, Lyle Tuttle, John Waters, and many more!
Find a complete list of presenters here; click Advanced Search and select presenters.
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Cultural District Photo Essays
Local photographers will create photo essays of Indy's cultural districts showcasing the style of the people and the place. See the essays and vote for your favorite at Dressing Indianapolis at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 1 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Photographers include Dauss Miller, Rebecca Shehorn, Brian Logan, Larry Endicott, Sandra Jarvis, and Mallory Talty.
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Body Stories
 Nick Reich, former basketball coach of the Indianapolis Metropolitan High School and Director of Youth Services at Goodwill Industries; Wayne Zink, CEO of Endangered Species Chocolate; and David Hochoy, artistic director of Dance Kaleidoscope, along with other community voices, can be heard telling their own "body" story during All Things Considered on WFYI 90.1 starting this week.
Special thanks to WFYI for partnering with us on this project! And be sure to check out their Spirit & Place event, Spirited Chase: Bodies of Change.
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Thanks to our Financial Partners
The Spirit & Place Festival extends heartfelt thanks to our major financial partners: Lilly Endowment Inc.; Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, Inc.; H. Wilbur Hardacre Charitable Trust; Marian University; BohlsenPR; IUPUI; The Indianapolis Foundation, a CICF affiliate; The Polis Center; and University of Indianapolis. Their support, combined with dozens of other individuals, congregations, foundations, and corporations, makes the festival a reality for our community.
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CALL FOR YOUTH ARTWORK!
Festival program seeks artwork by youth. Cash prizes available. More info. |
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